Gardens evolve. All gardens, school or otherwise, season to season, year to year, they grow, they change, and with the proper care, they prosper. The “Learning Garden” at Venice High School has been evolving and prospering for more than 15 years. Back in 1995 horticulture/landscape teacher Diane Pollock “inherited” a weed-ridden one acre property that […]
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Nora Dvosin and Nancy Giffin began the Westminster Elementary School Garden (WE Garden) in Venice, CA in 2004/05. Amid a sea of asphalt they have doggedly carved themselves a thriving oasis. The WE garden has grown over the years tripling its original size and now includes a new kindergarten area complete with flowering pear trees […]
PITCHFORK. If you never been you should go. If you’ve been you’re probably returning. Mud Baron and his crew are again giving away 30,000 organic vegetable, herb and ornamental seedlings plus free compost and free potting soil. Saturday, 5/15, 8:30AM-1030AM Sylmar High School , 13050 Borden Ave., Sylmar 91342 (Garden entrance on Raven – Past […]
City Green and Eastside Neighborhood Association Launch Greenhouse Program March 29, 2010–Paterson, NJ – City Green, an urban community garden and educational programming organization, in partnership with the Eastside Neighborhood Association, has begun their program at the Greenhouse at Eastside Park made available to the groups by the city of Paterson. The greenhouse, located near […]
You’re all invited! I’ll be there representing National Gardening Association. Come out and say hi! Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010 Time: 8:30am – 12:30pm Location: Saturn Street Elementary School Street: 5360 Saturn Street City/Town: Los Angeles, CA The Rings of Saturn are delighted to announce that Saturn has won a 2010 Give Back to Gro […]
1) Make a scarecrow. See Atlanta Botanical Gardens 2009 Scarecrow Winners for inspiration. 2) Paint a sign. Nothing says Our Garden like a freshly painted sign. See 25 photos of garden signs from Life Lab. 3) Build a trellis. Trellises are needed throughout the year to support such vegetables as peas, pole beans, tomatoes, melons, […]
Always a difficult decision. Tomatoes (and corn) is everyone’s favorite homegrown vegetable. We’ll be starting them indoors in late February and early March. If you haven’t gotten your seeds yet, get them NOW. This year I’ve decided on Aunt Ruby’s German Green, Pineapple Tomato, Cherokee Purple and Sungold Tomato. Sungolds are bright orange, cherry tomatoes, […]